With two years before the next local government election and an ANC in Gauteng already on notice, the stakes have never been higher.
Gauteng is expected to be one of the most fiercely contested provinces in next year’s elections
The Democratic Alliance’s problems are bigger than just axed Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille
Maimane said the DA needed to recruit excellent young black candidates for its 2019 candidate lists and ensure that the party becomes truly diverse.
The local government elections made 2016 a defining year in the history of the country’s electoral politics, writes Mashupye Herbert Maserumule.
The M&G post-election Critical Thinking Forum considered the scenario South African politics now faces in the aftermath
It was peaceful and democratic but a revolt nonetheless.
South Africa is in a tryst with tumultuous times as coalitions take shape to unlock hung municipalities following the 2016 local government elections.
The EFF is sending a strong message to South Africans that it wants to be known as the only political home for radical change.
The EFF leader is playing the long game, backed up by action that shows more maturity than the ANC did this week.
The EFF’s commander-in-chief made it clear that neutrality is not an option and will thus back the DA in the major hung metros.
No tough action has been taken against the president despite surveys showing his many scandals are impacting the party’s electoral performance.
‘The result shows that the main opposition parties were put in the pound seats by the ANC voters who didn’t show up on election day.’
The new City of Cape Town council wasted no time in re-electing Dirk Smit and Patricia de Lille as speaker and mayor respectively
Watching the South African metro elections from Zambia, in the final week of its own national election campaign, was a sobering experience.
Our past tells us that women mobilise in ways that produce significant political results. But the present shows how easily these gains can evaporate.
Stay calm – but (not just you Helen Zille) please shut up!
Bantu Holomisa said no small parties had been involved in coalition negotiations yet because for now, the bigger parties had to thrash things out.
That the ANC’s dominant faction prefers to lose votes rather than recall President Jacob Zuma might not be a wise strategy.
The Democratic Alliance and ANC are set to begin the horse-trading in the municipalities and metros that failed to produce an outright majority.
The ANC has withdrawn its complaint to the IEC regarding the outcome of elections in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro.
The Electoral Insitute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa deployed a regional election observation mission to monitor and assess the IEC elections.
On Thursday morning, the IEC’s chief officer, Mosotho Moepya, gave an update on the results captured so far.
Former Democratic Alliance leader and professional pot stirrer Helen Zille has found herself in hot Twitter water once again.
By 7am on Thursday, the DA had an early lead in the highly-contested Nelson Mandela Bay metro, followed by the ANC and EFF.
It’s a profound responsibility, but for some South Africans #ElectionDay is also an opportunity to make light of the event, with dollops of humour.
Faced with long queues and potential boredom, South Africans have found a unique way to add some flavour to their democratic duty.
Standing as a candidate in multiple wards “is an electoral strategy that is constitutional”, however, it isn’t as easy as it seems.
Voting was going almost universally well throughout the country, the Independent Electoral Commission said.
President Jacob Zuma is that latest, and biggest, name to cast his vote in the 2016 local government elections.
Early on election day, IEC officials were moving materials, sealed with courier company stickers, but voting stations are still closed.
ANC Mayoral candidate in Tshwane cast her vote at Kaya Beach in Grootfontein.